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Betsy Lillian
Betsy Lillian serves as the editor of North American Windpower, as well as sister publications NGT News, Solar Industry and Unmanned Aerial Online. She has been with Zackin Publications since 2012.
Renewables Beat Nuclear By A Hair For U.S. Electrical Generation
Renewable energy sources - biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar and wind - accounted for nearly 20% of net domestic electrical generation during the first half...
MidAmerican Launches Effort To Protect Eagles, Bats At Iowa Wind Farms
In a new plan filed with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Des Moines, Iowa-based MidAmerican Energy Co. has proposed a series of...
Former MHI Vestas CEO Tommerup Joins Global Wind Service Board
Jens Tommerup, the former CEO of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, a joint venture of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Vestas Wind Systems, has joined the board of...
EDPR Announces Illinois Wind PPA With Salesforce
EDP Renewables North America LLC has announced an 80 MW, 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with cloud computing company Salesforce for the Bright Stalk...
Faith Leaders Bless Block Island Wind Farm, Call For More Offshore Wind
On Monday, more than 110 people of faith from New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Maryland stood silently as Buddhist, Jewish,...
California Assembly Passes 100% Renewable Energy Bill
On Tuesday, the California State Assembly voted in favor of S.B.100, a bill mandating 100% renewable energy by 2045.
First introduced in 2017 by State...
GE Provides Financing, Turbines For Ukraine Wind Farm
GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE, has facilitated the raising of EUR 90 million in project financing for stage one (100 MW)...
Xcel Energy Colorado Gets Good News On 1.1 GW Wind Plans
On Monday, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) provided initial approval of Xcel Energy’s Colorado Energy Plan (CEP), which would close two coal units...
Falling Renewables Prices Present ‘Unprecedented Opportunity’ For Western Co-ops
Declines in renewable energy pricing are creating opportunities for electric cooperatives in the Mountain West region to deliver cost-savings to their members, according to...
Facebook Commits To 100% Global Renewable Energy
Today, Facebook announced a commitment to power its global operations with 100% renewables, as well as reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions 75%, by the end...
GE Power Unveils New Grid Solutions, Including GIS Suited For Offshore Wind
GE Power's grid solutions business has unveiled a new gas-insulated swtichgear (GIS) suited for wind power applications, along with several other grid technology solutions...
Vestas Stopping Production At León Facility
Adjusting its manufacturing footprint to regional demand, Vestas has announced it is ceasing production at its assembly factory in León, Spain.
According to the wind turbine...
DOE Gives The Lowdown On The State Of U.S. Wind Power
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released its latest wind energy market reports, showing that as wind installations continue across the country and offshore...
Rhode Island Prepares Students For Offshore Wind Careers
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo, D-R.I., recently met with local business leaders and educators who are working to build a career pathways program to prepare...
NRG’s Station A Biz Offers ‘Transparent Access’ To Clean Energy Options
Station A Inc., a software start-up automating clean energy development, has launched as an independent company.
Based in San Francisco, Station A - originally developed...
Schneider Electric Expands Renewable Energy Efforts
Global energy management company Schneider Electric has joined the Corporate Renewable Energy Buyers’ Principles, an initiative of 76 companies seeking to spur progress on...
Boston Takes ‘Big Step’ Toward Community Choice Aggregation
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh has announced that the city will issue a request for qualifications (RFQ) to assist with the creation of a municipal...
Partners Agree On PPA For 200 MW Quebec Wind Farm
Power contract negotiations have been finalized for the 200 MW Apuiat wind farm in Quebec.
Hydro-Québec and the project's partners - Société en commandite Apuiat, formed...
Wind Energy To Power Philadelphia Flyers’ Wells Fargo Center
Comcast Spectacor, owner of the Wells Fargo Center arena and the National Hockey League’s (NHL) Philadelphia Flyers, has reached a long-term agreement with retail...
New North Dakota Program Helps Solve Wind Reclamation Issues
The North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA), in cooperation with the Public Service Commission, has developed a wind energy restoration and reclamation oversight program.
The...